Non Una di Meno joins the international women’s strike

On International Workers’ Day, students, precarious workers, migrants’ rights groups, social centers and unions marched against Expo Milano 2015. Critics connected the event to unpaid labor, corporate...

The barefoot march began in Venice and spread to more than 60 Italian cities. Participants used the image of walking without shoes to express solidarity with people forced to flee and called for...

Greenpeace activists placed small mock oil rigs and a banner at Piazza Venezia to urge voters to support the April referendum limiting the duration of offshore drilling concessions. The action...

Voters took part in a referendum initiated by regional councils over the duration of existing offshore oil and gas concessions. Environmental groups and coastal movements campaigned for a “Yes”...

Around 200,000 people, according to organizers, marched in Rome under the “Non Una di Meno” (Not One Less) banner against femicide and gender-based violence. The mobilization brought together...

Civil-society groups staged an installation on the Tiber and a public gathering while EU leaders marked the Treaty of Rome anniversary. Organizers opposed border walls, pushbacks and externalized...

As G7 leaders met in Taormina, a coalition marched in nearby Giardini Naxos under calls against militarization, inequality and the priorities of powerful states. Sicilian committees and movements...

Students demonstrated in about 70 cities against compulsory alternanza scuola-lavoro placements, which many described as unpaid, poor-quality or unsafe. They also demanded stronger public-school...

On International Students’ Day, marches in dozens of cities opposed school-to-work placements and inadequate education funding. In several places students also demanded migrant rights and the...

Around 500 workers at Amazon’s Piacenza-area distribution hub took part in a one-day strike after talks over bonuses failed. Unions also announced a refusal of overtime through the peak shopping...